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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           Yet,’lookingfulluponher,‘youmaybesurethattherearemenandwomenalreadyontheirroad,whohavetheirbusinesstodowithyou,andwhowilldoit.Ofacertaintytheywilldoit.Theymaybecominghundreds,thousands,ofmilesovertheseathere;theymaybecloseathandnow;theymaybecoming,foranythingyouknoworanythingyoucandotopreventit,fromthevilestsweepingsofthisverytown.’

           Withthecoldestoffarewells,andwithacertainwornexpressiononherbeautythatgaveit,thoughscarcelyyetinitsprime,awastedlook,shelefttheroom.

           Now,thereweremanystairsandpassagesthatshehadtotraverseinpassingfromthatpartofthespacioushousetothechambershehadsecuredforherownoccupation.Whenshehadalmostcompletedthejourney,andwaspassingalongthegalleryinwhichherroomwas,sheheardanangrysoundofmutteringandsobbing.Adoorstoodopen,andwithinshesawtheattendantuponthegirlshehadjustleft;themaidwiththecuriousname.

           Shestoodstill,tolookatthismaid.Asullen,passionategirl!Herrichblackhairwasallaboutherface,herfacewasflushedandhot,andasshesobbedandraged,shepluckedatherlipswithanunsparinghand.

           ‘Selfishbrutes!’saidthegirl,sobbingandheavingbetweenwhiles.‘Notcaringwhatbecomesofme!Leavingmeherehungryandthirstyandtired,tostarve,foranythingtheycare!Beasts!Devils!Wretches!’

           ‘Mypoorgirl,whatisthematter?’

           Shelookedupsuddenly,withreddenedeyes,andwithherhandssuspended,intheactofpinchingherneck,freshlydisfiguredwithgreatscarletblots.

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